Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Flavius Marion Gibson

Full Name: Flavius Marion Gibson, Sr.
Birth date: February 12, 1867
Death date: April 6, 1922

Terms of Service

Senate, 36th ⁽⁴⁾ & 35th ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
1/9/1917 - 1/11/1921
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President and President Pro Tem 3/5/1917, Regular Session.
Senate, 34th ⁽¹⁾ & 33rd ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
1/14/1913 - 1/9/1917
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 9/22/1914, 2nd C.S.

(1) 34th Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(2) 33rd Legislature - List of Senators elected on November 5, 1912, oath of office administered, 1/14/1913, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal .
(3) 35th Legislature - Member-elect in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 7, 1916, oath of office administered, 1/9/1917, pp. 2-3. Senate Journal .
(4) 36th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/14/1919, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. F.M. Gibson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F.M. Gibson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F.M. Gibson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F.M. Gibson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Census of 1900 - Flavius Gibson, Bonham, Fannin County, 34 years old, born in Virginia in February 1866, teacher (in school).
Census of 1910 - F.M. Gibson, Bonham, Fannin County, 43 years old, born in Virginia, real estate agent. FamilySearch . 1910 1900
F.M. Gibson, birth date 2/12/1867, death date 4/6/1922, burial in Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin County. Find a Grave .
Flavious M. Gibson. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
Mentioned in biographical sketch of Joseph Meeks Lowrey, p. 251. Bonham Public Library. Fannin County Folks & Facts, 1977, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Obituary, "Senator F.M. Gibson With the Dead," Honey Grove Signal, Friday, 4/14/1922, p. 1, crediting the Honey Grove Preservation League, death "last Thursday night." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," The Houston Post, 3/22/1917, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Flavius Marion Gibson, p. 858. Davis, Ellis Arthur & Grobe, Edwin H. The Encyclopedia of Texas, [1921..1922]. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
36th Legislature (1919) - F.M. Gibson, postoffice Bonham, Fannin County, nativity Virginia, age 51 in 1919, occupation: insurance and real estate, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .